2009年8月25日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Hooliganism mars Hammers fightback (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 03:12 PM PDT

West Ham United's Carlton Cole (L) and Junior Stanislas in May 2009. West Ham survived a League Cup scare at the hands of London neighbours Millwall on Tuesday in a second round clash that was overshadowed by serious crowd trouble before and during the match.(AFP/File/Ian Kington)AFP - West Ham survived a League Cup scare at the hands of London neighbours Millwall on Tuesday in a second round clash that was overshadowed by serious crowd trouble before and during the match.

GM tells German officials it still wants Opel deal (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 02:44 PM PDT

AP - General Motors and the German government continued to spar over the sale of the automaker's European car business on Tuesday, days after GM rejected a deal backed by the government to sell Opel to an investor group led by Magna, a Canadian auto parts maker.

Soldier dies after Afghan operation: official (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 01:57 PM PDT

A British soldier during a patrol on the outskirts of Kabul in 2008. A British soldier died Tuesday of wounds sustained in operations in Afghanistan, bringing to 207 the number of British troops killed since the US-led 2001 invasion, the Ministry of Defence said.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - A soldier died Tuesday of wounds sustained in operations in Afghanistan, bringing to 207 the number of British troops killed since the US-led 2001 invasion, the Ministry of Defence said.

Diplomats: Iran's enrichment program stagnates (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 01:56 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown holds a news conference on the second day of an EU heads of state summit in Brussels June 19, 2009. REUTERS/Sebastien Pirlet/FilesAP - Iran's output of enriched uranium is stagnating even as its production capacity increases, a sign that Tehran may be running out of the ore needed to make nuclear fuel, diplomats said Tuesday.

Israel PM seeks compromise with US on settlements (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 01:44 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. Netanyahu has joined Israeli calls for the Swedish government to condemn an article in a Stockholm newspaper suggesting Israeli troops harvested the organs of Palestinians they killed. (AP Photo/Jim Hollander, Pool)AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes to defuse an unusually public spat with the United States over West Bank settlements when he meets with a top U.S. envoy Wednesday morning.

PM 'repulsed' by Lockerbie bomber's welcome home (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 01:13 PM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here on July 2009, said he was AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday he was "angry" and "repulsed" at Libya's welcome home for the Lockerbie bomber, as he finally broke his silence on the controversy.

Massive wildfire near Athens nearly put out (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 12:29 PM PDT

A plane drops water as firefighters try to extinguish a burning forest in Dioni, 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of Athens, Greece, Monday, Aug. 24, 2009. An overnight drop in gale-force winds offered hard-pressed Greek firefighters a brief respite Monday after wildfires raged unchecked for two days north of Athens, burning houses and swathes of forest while forcing thousands to flee their homes. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - With a wildfire contained after raging for days near Athens, the Greek government faced a different kind of firestorm Tuesday as opposition parties and media lambasted its response to the blaze as inadequate.

European court raps Italy over G8 Genoa protests (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 12:16 PM PDT

Mourners touch the coffin of Carlo Giuliani, draped in a A.S. Roma soccer team flag, outside a church in Genoa, July 25, 2001. REUTERS/Stefano RellandiniReuters - The European Court of Human Rights condemned Italy on Tuesday for failing to carry out a thorough investigation into the death of a protestor who was shot by police at a G8 summit in Genoa in 2001.

Russia: Freighter search found no suspicious cargo (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 11:52 AM PDT

AP - Russia moved to quash speculation that a freighter embroiled in a high-seas mystery might have been carrying sensitive cargo, saying Tuesday that an initial search of the Arctic Sea last week uncovered nothing suspicious.

German prosecutors seek life for 'veil martyr' killer (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 11:40 AM PDT

A Muslim woman carries a picture of slain Muslim woman Marwa El-Sherbini as she takes part in a march towards German consulate in Istanbul, in July 2009. German prosecutors said on Tuesday they would push for a life sentence against a man charged with the brutal Islamophobic murder of the pregnant Egyptian woman, dubbed the AFP - German prosecutors said on Tuesday they would push for a life sentence against a man charged with the brutal Islamophobic murder of a pregnant Egyptian woman, dubbed the "veil martyr."

Dutch teen in battle to sail solo around globe (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 11:12 AM PDT

FILE - This is a Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007 file photo of young British sailor Mike Perham, who was then 14-years-old , smiles upon his arrival to St. John's, on the Caribbean island of Antigua. Perham, now 17-years-old is expected to become youngest sailor to sail round-the-world in late August 2009, docking in the southern English city of Portsmouth. (AP Photo/Johnny Jno-Baptiste)AP - Thirteen-year-old Laura Dekker wants to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world, and her parents think that's a great idea.

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Posted: 25 Aug 2009 10:17 AM PDT

AP - Russia: search of Arctic Sea after it was intercepted last week showed no suspicious cargo.

The Who's Pete Townshend at work on new musical (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 10:12 AM PDT

AP - Pete Townshend once wrote "I hope I die before I get old."

4 police killed in Chechnya suicide bombing (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 09:47 AM PDT

Map of Chechnya locating the Shali region. Four police were killed in Chechnya when a suicide bomber walked up to their car and blew himself up, the latest attack in the increasingly violent Russian region, officials have said.(AFP/Graphic)AP - A suicide bombing in Chechnya killed four police officers Tuesday, authorities in the restive Russian region said.

Germany expands probe into Ph. D. bribe scheme (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 09:05 AM PDT

AP - An investigation of German professors suspected of accepting bribes to advise doctoral candidates could last months, as prosecutors try to untangle the links between a bankrupt consulting firm and university instructors across the country.

Vets mark 65 years since Paris freed from Nazis (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 08:35 AM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy attends a ceremony at the Paris prefecture, Tuesday Aug. 25, 2009 in Paris, to mark the 65th anniversary of Paris' liberation from Nazi occupation. (AP Photo/Gerard Cerles, Pool)AP - Veterans of the French Resistance have joined President Nicolas Sarkozy in a ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Paris from the Nazi occupation.

UK says illegal downloaders may lose Web access (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 08:29 AM PDT

AP - People who repeatedly download copyrighted films and music could have their Internet connection cut off under proposed laws to tackle illegal file-sharing unveiled by the British government on Tuesday.

Man charged over German court killing (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 07:17 AM PDT

AP - Prosecutors on Tuesday filed murder charges against a man who fatally stabbed a pregnant Egyptian woman in a German court — a killing that caused outrage in her native country and beyond.

UK Chinook choppers languish after software error (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 07:10 AM PDT

AP - A batch of high-tech military helicopters has been out of service for eight years in one of the British military's costliest procurement blunders.

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